Weed-root cutter.



G. M. DEEKS.

WEED ROOT CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED snPT. 27, 1910.

1,025,965. Patented May 14, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CATHARINE MALINDA DEEKS, 0F TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIG-NOB. T0MABEL O. L. DEEKS, FLORENCE A. DEEKS, AND ANNIE E. DEEKS, OF TORONTO,CANADA.

WEED-ROOT CUTTER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OATI-IARINE MALINDADEEKS, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province ofOntario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful In'iprovements inVVeed-Root Cutters, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in weed root cutters as describedin the following specification and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings that form part of the same.

The objects of the invention are, to simplify and render less arduousthe work of removing weeds from lawns, and to devise a cheap and simpleform of tool which will sever the root below the surface of the groundwithout injury to the surrounding sod and will remove the severed top ofthe weed on the withdrawal of the tool.

The invention consists essentially in the novel formation of the bladewhereby the cutting edge is caused to move in a transverse direction tosever the weed root on a downward thrust on the handle and whereby itcuts its way out of the sod and presents a dull edged cleft to thesevered top of the root on removal.

Figure 1 is a general perspective view of my instrument. Fig. 2, is anenlarged view of the lower portion of the instrument showing it appliedto the cutting of a root. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of theblade of the instrument.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

A is the blade of the instrument having the shank A secured in thehandle B. The blade A is formed of a broad, fiat piece of thin steelhaving a cutting head A at its extremity formed of considerably greaterwidth than the upper port-ion.

The head A is formed with an arc-shaped cutting edge A the blunt upperedges A meet the sides of the main portion of the blade at substantiallyright angles, the body of the blade being slight-1y tapered toward thesaid head.

The blade A is formed with a curved off- Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed September 27, 1910.

Patented May 14, 1912.

Serial No. 584,111.

set A close to the shank and the lower straight portion A is set at asharp forward and downward angle.

In using this device, the forwardly sloping end of the blade is insertedunder the leaves of the weed and the cutting edge placed close to theroot. A downward thrust on the handle forces the cutting edge into thesod and the fiat angularly set blade offering resistance to the straightdownward travel causes the cutting edge to move in a transversedirection thereby severing the root with a transverse out below thesurface of the ground. The handle is then tilted slightly to one side sothat the are shaped cutting edge will cutits way clear on the removal ofthe blade and the upper edge of the head projecting beyond the bladepresents a dull edged cleft in which the severed top of the root lodgesand is removed with the blade. The dull edges will not cut the upperpart of the root but remove it entire, the point formed by the corner ofthe blade sticks into the lower leaves thus holding the severed top onthe blade so that it can be placed in a suitable receptacle withoutbeing handled.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A weed root cutter, comprising, a suitable handle, and a broad thinblade formed with its lower end set in inclined relation to the axis ofthe handle and having a cutting head of greater width than the bodyportion, said head having an arcshaped cutting edge.

2. A weed root cutter, comprising, a suitable handle and a broad flatblade of thin material formed with a curved offset and an angularly setextremity terminating in a cutting end of greater width than said blade,said cutting end having an areshaped cutting edge and dull upper edgesextending inwardly to the main portion of the blade.

CATHARINE MALINDA DEEKS.

Witnesses B. Born, H. PRESTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

